aster / Dawn Catanzaro
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
28½ (31½, 34½, 37½, 40½, 43½, 46½, 49½)" [72.5 (80, 87.5, 95.5, 103, 110.5, 118, 125.5) cm] bust circumference / shown in size 31½" [85 cm] with ½" [1.5 cm] negative ease
YARN:
kestrel / senza 500 / 5 (5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8) skeins
NEEDLES:
pair in sizes US 8 and US 9 [5.5 mm] / one spare needle in size US 8 [5 mm]
GAUGE:
16 sts and 32 rows = 4" [10 cm] in garter stitch with smaller needles, after blocking
NOTES:
Tank is knitted from the bottom up in two pieces, then seamed at sides. Sides are shaped with decreases, and darts in the back provide a nice silhouette. In the garter yoke, edge stitches are slipped in lieu of trim.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
Long-tail cast on, three-needle bind off, seaming (links provided); increasing, decreasing.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
28½ (31½, 34½, 37½, 40½, 43½, 46½, 49½)" [72.5 (80, 87.5, 95.5, 103, 110.5, 118, 125.5) cm] bust circumference / shown in size 31½" [85 cm] with ½" [1.5 cm] negative ease
YARN:
kestrel / senza 500 / 5 (5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8) skeins
NEEDLES:
pair in sizes US 8 and US 9 [5.5 mm] / one spare needle in size US 8 [5 mm]
GAUGE:
16 sts and 32 rows = 4" [10 cm] in garter stitch with smaller needles, after blocking
NOTES:
Tank is knitted from the bottom up in two pieces, then seamed at sides. Sides are shaped with decreases, and darts in the back provide a nice silhouette. In the garter yoke, edge stitches are slipped in lieu of trim.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
Long-tail cast on, three-needle bind off, seaming (links provided); increasing, decreasing.